Reflections for Tibet from COP25

18 December 2019

Blog By ATC Executive Officer Kyinzom Dhongdue This month I attended the UN Climate Change Conference to learn, connect and take our Tibetan voices into the most critical debate of our time.   My week in Madrid had moments of despair at the lack of urgency in the...

#ClimateStrike: Take a day off for our planet (and Tibet)

29 August 2019

#ClimateStrike: Take a day off for our planet (and Tibet) From the mountains to the seas, we are in this together.  On Friday 20 September, thousands of students across Australia and around the world will once again take to the streets to call on our political leaders...

What the latest UN climate change report means for Tibet

16 October 2018

By ATC Executive Officer Kyinzom Dhongdue Last week the world’s climate scientists issued their most urgent assessment yet. Their message was stark – we have only a few years to limit global warming to 1.5°C. To be precise, 12 years to act on climate change. Already,...

Climate change, battery boom threatens life on the Tibetan Plateau

15 October 2018

Read ABC article Climate change, battery boom threatens life on the Tibetan Plateau Climate change is sometimes discussed as a problem of the future, but on the “roof of the world”, it has already arrived. The remote, icy plains of the Tibetan Plateau —...

Our report – Tibet: An Environmental Challenge

24 February 2016

Read our report – Tibet: An Environmental Challenge While climate change impacts us all, it is hitting some regions and communities harder than others. Like the Arctic and the Pacific Island nations, Tibet is on the frontline of global climate change. The impact of...